The main suspects behind the kidnapping and torture of Hafsa Mohamed Lukman, the Kamukunji based businesswoman who was kidnapped on June 15, have been arrested by detectives. At the crack of dawn this morning, undercover teams from the revered
Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau, backed up by their Special Service Unit counterparts, picked Jackson Njogu, 24 and Hafsa Abdi, 21, as they slept at Crystal view lodge in the chilly Kinangop area. The two lovers who masterminded the kidnapping of Hafsa from her shop,
managed to siphon a total of Sh650,000 from the victim’s bank accounts while she was in captivity. They then escaped to Kinangop and purchased a bar, which they were operating. Hafsa was found by detectives last Sunday, at a dingy room in Matopeni area in Kayole,
where she had been forced to stay inside an empty water tank. The two kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Sh5 million in order to set Hafsa free. However, when the ransom wasn’t delivered, they opted to flee from our detectives who were closing in on them.
This morning was not their lucky day though. They were smoked out of room number 8 at Crystal view lodge, where they had imagined that our hawk-eyed detectives would never find them.
DCI detectives shall spare no efforts in ensuring that every kidnapper who takes hostage innocent victims leaving their families in anguish, is arrested and made to account for their actions. #FichuakwaDCI 0800722203, USIOGOPE!
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A consignment of fake gold bars has been seized by detectives, from a strong room belonging to Swissport transit freight station, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The fake gold bars concealed in 31 boxes received from Uganda, had been stored at the airport by shadowy businessmen, dealing in the lucrative gold business on the pretext that it was cargo awaiting transit to different destinations across the world.
The phoney traders settled on Swissport freight, since it provides ground and cargo handling services in major airports across the globe, to store their fake consignments so as to avoid detection by detectives.
One suspect of robbery with violence was last night gunned down in a shootout with police based at Nairobi's Kasarani area after his gang was ambushed robbing a female victim.
Police on patrol at Zimmerman's Rurii area responded to the 7pm distress call from the victim, who was
pleading for her life as a pack of thugs frisked her of her belongings at gun point.
Realizing that police were on sight, other gang members who were armed with assorted crude weapons scooted off on their heels, as their accomplice engaged the officers in a gun battle.
Whereas the victim was rescued and escorted to safety, the suspect was fatally injured.
From him, police recovered an American colt pistol loaded with two rounds of ammunition, & two Samsung phones believed to have been stolen from other victims.
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of Augustus Mutuku Mwathe, who died after being attacked by unknown assailants on February 2, 2021.
The deceased who was an influential political blogger, strategist and grassroots mobilizer in Kibwezi East, met his death after allegedly falling out with an aspiring candidate for a political seat in Kibwezi, in the forthcoming general elections.
Among the arrested are the aspirant Amos Kyondu, Abdullahi Wako, an AP officer attached to CIPU in Kitengela and Abed Musembi, who is an employee of Kenya Power and Lighting Company, also based at Kitengela.
Hafsa Mohamed Lukman the Kamukunji based businesswoman who disappeared on June 15, has finally been rescued by detectives, from her captors. The 23-year-old woman was found at a dingy room in Matopeni, within Kayole, where she had been forced to fit in a water tank.
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Hafsa who was last seen at her clothing shop was kidnapped by a criminal gang, that demanded a ransom of Sh5 million, in exchange of her freedom. In a heart rending videoclip recorded by the kidnappers after her disappearance, Hafsa who appeared tortured,
begged her family to meet the demands of her tormentors, for her life to be spared. Following an elaborate operation conducted by detectives from Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and the Special Service Unit, Hafsa was rescued today morning.
Two armed gangsters were shot dead by Police last night, after they attacked a woman and robbed her off her mobile phone and other valuables. The thugs who were armed with a pistol, had accosted the woman who had just been dropped off by a taxi along Muhoho road, in Langata.
A scuffle ensued as the thugs attacked her, prompting the woman to scream out for help. This attracted the attention of Police Officers on patrol, who rushed towards the scene. However, on noticing the fast approaching officers, the thugs took to their heels towards Nairobi West,
as they fired at the officers. The speed of the two miscreants was however no match to that of the lanky young officers, whose endurance and tact in covering long distance races came in handy. After three kilometers from the scene of the robbery, the thugs were finally cornered.
Two suspects were lynched by an irate mob yesterday, after they abducted an elderly woman at Mua Hills, in Machakos County. Jackson Mulinge Mueke and Augustus Nzioka Ndeto, were part of a three-man gang that had trailed Veronica Kwanza Kiilu, from a bank in Machakos town.
Earlier, Veronica and her 72-year-old husband Wellington Kioko, had withdrawn half a million shillings from the bank. From the sum, Sh150,000 was used to pay a lawyer based in Machakos town, for an unspecified assignment.
Veronica then boarded a matatu to Kaloleni in Mua Hills, carrying the rest of the money. She left her husband in Machakos town, attending to other matters. On arrival at Kaloleni, she hailed a motorcycle. Barely after a 200-metre ride, they were intercepted by a fast moving car,